Example sentences of "[vb past] stand at [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man moved to stand at the top of the stairs , barring their way , and then he recognized the young man . |
| 2 | Penry Vaughan ducked his tall head through the doorway and moved to stand at the foot of the bed in the shadows beyond the arc of light from the small lamp . |
| 3 | She continued to stand at the edge of the plateau . |
| 4 | Staffing ratios were generally better in grammar schools than elsewhere , and even the Burnham system favoured ( as it was meant to do ) schools with a larger proportion of older pupils , especially if they were in those sixth forms which continued to stand at the peak of a meritocratic secondary system . |
| 5 | Gabriel remained standing at the top of the steps : Garvey told him to do so . |